[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6854 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6854

  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the 
 misrepresentation of actions on behalf of candidates for purposes of 
                 soliciting contributions or donations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2020

  Ms. Porter (for herself and Mr. Crenshaw) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the 
 misrepresentation of actions on behalf of candidates for purposes of 
                 soliciting contributions or donations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Scam PACs Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ALL MISREPRESENTATION OF ACTION ON BEHALF OF 
              CANDIDATES FOR PURPOSES OF SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS OR 
              DONATIONS.

    (a) Coverage of All Misrepresentation of Action on Behalf of 
Political Committees.--Section 322(b)(1) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30124(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fraudulently''; and
            (2) by striking ``or political party'' and inserting ``or 
        political committee (including a political committee of a 
        political party)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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